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Hartsville, South Carolina, is a small city situated between Charlotte, North Carolina, and the popular vacation destination, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Home to Coker College (coker.edu), this quaint city boasts itself as an icon of quintessential American living. This family-friendly city is also a haven for anyone interested in the paranormal. Several places around town have been the site of several paranormal investigations. Many of the haunted sites around Hartsville require permission to visit. In addition to haunted, historical sites, the Hartsville community celebrates Halloween season with a variety of haunted houses designed to help guests get in the holiday spirit with a good scare.

Lake Robinson Rescue Squad: Haunted House

The Lake Robinson Rescue Squad (facebook.com/lakerobinsonrescue) helps protect the community with its ambulance service. The squad also helps the community get into the holiday spirit with a haunted house event held each October. Though devastated by a fire in 2009, the haunted house has risen from its ashes to provide a number of Halloween scares. Begin your trip on a hayride through the Trail of Terror where you may just find monsters and ghouls along for the ride. After the haunted hayride, enter the haunted maze, known as the Maze of Darkness. Finish up your night of frights with a trip through Swamp of Horror and Tunnel of Doom.

Fright Farm Haunted Trail

For another holiday fright-fest, head over to the Fright Farm Haunted Trail (facebook.com/pages/Fright-Farm-Haunted-Trail). Located on a 130-acre farm in Hartsville, the Fright Farm features a 45-minute hayride through the most haunted area of the surrounding woods. Of course, this is no ordinary hayride, and you must keep your eyes peeled for ghosts, goblins, zombies, ghouls and witches. All sorts of haunted creatures make their home in woods during the Halloween Season, just waiting to scare visiting families. The Fright Farm is typically open on weekends starting in late-September with increased hours closer to Halloween.

Memorial Hall

Hartsville’s Coker College (coker.edu) is thought to be home to one of the city’s most active haunted sites. Memorial Hall is thought to be visited by the spirit of a former resident who committed suicide, according to South Carolina Paranormal Research and Investigations. Residents in the dormitory have reported hear having radios and clocks turn on and off on their own. The ghost is thought to wander the halls at night making strange, unexplained noises.

Lincoln Village

The former Lincoln Village Apartment (no website, 8th Streets and Marion Ave, Hartsville, SC) complex is another area thought to be home to ghostly activities in Hartsville. This abandoned complex was believed to be built over burial grounds and a portion of the old graveyard is visible off the northwest corner of the parking lot. At night, visitors have reported hearing voices and baby’s crying around the property. Use caution and discretion when visiting the property, as the property is in severe disrepair. Open, deep holes and overgrown bush are two hazards encountered at the graveyard. Police frequently patrol the area, according to the SCPRI.

Old Prospect Church

Another historic Hartsville property thought to be home to a ghostly resident is the Old Prospect Church (no website, Prospect Road, Hartsville, South Carolina). According to town legend, the ghost of Prospect Church can only been seen on night’s with a full-moon. Park in the last parking spot in the lot and turn your attention to the upstairs window. Visitors have reported seeing the figure of a man engaged in a struggle and the drapes flapping in the wind, even when the window is closed and no wind is present.